Personal profile

Laurence Brooks is Professor of Technology and Social Responsibility in the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. His research interests are around the area of ICT and people, whether at the individual, group or societal level. I have engaged with this in a number of areas, including social media, eGovernment, ICT4D and health, and mostly using a range of social theory (ie. Sociomateriality, Structuration Theory, Actor Network Theory), as well as developing an interest into the ethics of emerging technologies.

Externally funded research grants information

Current:

SHERPA - Shaping the ethical dimensions of smart information systems– a European perspective, €2.9 million, funded by Horizon 2020, started May 2018, CI. For further details see: https://www.project-sherpa.eu/

(This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, under grant agreement No 786641.)